She'd been asked to go deliver a message and check out a complaint to a location she had seldom gone, especially alone. Her partner had gone up ahead to scout.
Rude as it was, she couldn't help but notice. He was bigger than many of the villagers--other than the fact some of them were starved--and he dressed in clothes that were definitely too rich for a simple civilian. He was a bit taller than her, actually. With all that, it seemed like other passerbys walked with a distance farther than usual.
She felt like she had probably seen or heard about this man somewhere before. And since she was bit lost, what was the harm?
She dismounted her horse and slowly walked towards the stranger. "Excuse me, are you not from around here?"